Do you believe that Jesus is the only way of salvation? Do you believe it is necessary to profess faith in Christ to be saved? Based on your answer to those questions, you can decide if you are a…
Mike Wittmer: Adam Where Art Thou?
Mike Wittmer interacts with Peter Enns’ book which attempts to integrate evolution and Paul’s belief in an historical Adam: I just read Peter Enns’ disturbing book, The Evolution of Adam, which attempts to integrate evolution with Paul’s belief in a…
Grace Stories Are Still Being Written: Mez McConnell’s Testimony
In 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Paul reminds Timothy (and the church at Ephesus through Timothy) that salvation is strictly a work of God. Paul illustrates his point by referencing his own salvation. And a wonderful story it is! The conversion of…
Steve Dewitt on Propitiation
Steve Dewitt, author of the Challies recommended, Eyes Wide Open, with some excellent thoughts on propitiation. He concludes: Did you catch it? God propitiates his own wrath. Know anybody else like that? Will China pay off the US debt? Will…
Mike Wittmer: Escaping from the Prison Camp
In this post, Mike Wittmer mentions that he has a new book coming out on faith and doubt. I’m looking forward to it! In the mean time, here is a brief devotion well worth reading: Shin Dong-hyuk was born into…
Derek Thomas looks back on his conversion 40 years later
There is much to be encouraged by and learn from Derek Thomas’ story of how he came to Christ 40 years ago. It was forty years ago today (December 28, 1971) that I became a Christian. My conversion was Saul-like:…
Will you take your “boat” to the “island in Norway”?
On an online news article tells how Norway’s Kasper Ilaug responded to a call saying that nearby young people were in grave danger. Christian brothers and sisters, we have also received a desperate phone call. Will we respond like Kasper…
What do you believe concerning “the forgiveness of sins”?
Heidelberg Question #56. What do you believe concerning “the forgiveness of sins”? I believe that God, because of Christ’s atonement, will never hold against me any of my sins nor my sinful nature which I need to struggle against all…
We are rescued, then we obey (not vice versa)
Cornelius Plantinga: Moses emerges with God’s Ten Commandments, a set of requirements that people have to fulfill not in order to get rescued by God from slavery, but because they have been rescued. Stated succinctly, the imperative of the Christian…
Three minutes and twenty eight seconds to learn/review the heart of the doctrine of salvation
Mark Driscoll on the “Great Exchange”: HT: Z